OPS 7208 (KH-4A Mission 1023 / Corona 98), a CIA/NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite launched on a Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D from Vandenberg; both film capsules recovered, though the forward panoramic camera erroneously shut down for 29 orbits mid-mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 615 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 39th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 17 August 1965, 20:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1965-067
- Launches in 1965
- 75th of 124
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